Our campaign to tackle the graffiti that is blighting our local area has made media in the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide.

The guide has picked up our campaign to get the Council to tackle graffiti, and in response to the letters that were shamefully sent out to local residents threatening them with fines if they didn’t remove graffiti from their property.

One of the things I do outside being a Councillor is to serve as a Trustee of Manchester Pride. As part of this role I had the honour on Sunday of meeting Prossy Kakooza, and introducing her on stage in Manchester.

Prossy is a 26-year-old woman seeking asylum in the UK. She fled Uganda after suffering vicious sexual, physical and verbal attacks due to her sexual orientation. Manchester’s Metropolitan Community Church is currently working with Prossy in her campaign to stay in this country.

This video story tells more about the campaign and what we can do to help.